Animal-trap.



f lYMTED[OFFICE.

`Josnrii WALKER AND Vininniiin' M. FiiEnERicK, or sAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. 1 f

and BnA'nmlw M. FREDERICKcitiaensfofthe United States, residlngatSan Francisco, 1nl the county )tSan'FraneisQo gandeiState of:Y

California, haveinvented certainV new and uscl'ul Improvements .in

i which the following is a specification.v Y

This invention relates Vto improvements Ain anlnial-traps, the objecto'f the invention beinetto rovidc a tra 'which will be sini le and cheap in construction and effective in operatioiifaiul which can be used to catch a nuina plan view ol the trap.

VVber of a'ninials in` successionlby means of the same bait. v In the accompanyingdrawlngs,Figure 1-.1s

F1g12 1s a longitudinal section thereof on thellne V2 2ofrF ig. 1'.- F1g. 3 1s a transverse section thereof on theV yging the animal trapped..

"fflfzsy through which'theaninials'canberernoved .linei 3 ol: Fig. 1 ,V the parts .being intheposi- Vtion in whichthe animal is being'precipitated V Vvlinto the cage. 'Flon/1. Isa

g similar view. Eshowi jReferring AtoV the drawings,lrepresents a box or cage havinga door .2 1n the top,

afterhaving been trapped. One side 'of this box is continued. .upward to-"forni a guide-wall f 4, and opposite theretoon thetop'of the box is* a guide-.wall 3, saidk wallsthus fori'ningapassage-Way for the animal in front'of a bait-box 5,.. Said., bait-box is supported. uponfposts hooked into staples onthe sidewalls 4 and 3. vA sidelofthc bait-boxnextto this passage consists ,of a grating formed by removable bars or pins 8. AtY the opposite side ofthe lbait-box is a small door 9, throughv which theI cage underneath said passage is out away and substltutedby asloplng side 10 topermitofl the .provision 'of aninclined approach 11 to said passage, .up which the animal can easlly ascend' thereinto.V 'The aniniallhavingenf.

Y I specification of Letters'ratnt.

eclaim-i j AIn a' device ofthe character described, the

ownat 1'3, and pressed upward by. alight s ring 16. This trap-door gives wayk beneat him, causing the animal tobeprecipitated into the box or 1 l vcage beneath The .tra-door immediately risesunder the action o theY spring and the Vanilnaliis held Vcaptive in the cage. jf f 17Y isa wall supporting` the end of the passage next'to theedgeof the trap-door. The nature of the apparatus is such that'a nuinberof animals may be captured in suc'- cession by the uselof the saine balt., It 1s;es-

Patented March 20,1906.v Y Application led A ugust 28, 1905. Serial No. 276,021..j Y i I i tered said passage and'V springing toward the barsof the grating, `stepsupon a trap-'door- `12,*hinged atone side,as s

peciallyvaluablefor the capture of coyotes 1n farming districts. Y It isnot intended tobe placed close to the farrnhouse, but out in the ffield's 'at a1point -Where the coyote orAA other will vvnot. be Vafraid to approachthe animal' tra combination-of 'a box, Yone .side of which is Walls vfo'rniingfr'a -pas ageflway, a -bait-box -opposite theY end of id passage-way, posts the r'oppos1te"side, the top lof the cage 0r .box

continued upward to form a guide-wall, asecv i y0ndv guide-wallon the top of-.the box, said Y underneath said passagerbeing cut away, a

.sloping approach in sa1dipas'sage a trapY at the yendoie` said passagenext the bait-box,-`

said trap being hinged-'at the side next the? i side of the box forming th'e guide-Wall, anda spring normally pressing substantially as described.

vIn witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands' in the presence of two subscribing Vwitnesses. l

v.JOSEPH WALKER.,V fr

Witnesses;

BassinY GLmFINKEL.

, BRAINARDV M. FnEDERicK' i 8 5l` upward said trap,

75 upon which said baitibox is sup orted, means Q f 'folifsecuringsaidjbaitj against t e ends of the sidewalls, said bait-*boxhaving a vgrating on Y theside opposite thepassage, and a 'door at `8o 

